设计师
Clement Zheng(郑至涵) Hans Tan(韩波)
国家陶瓷研究院—何朝宗杯特等奖获得者
Designer Clement Zheng has created a collection of conductive ceramics that can heat food, act as interfaces for smart devices and sense moisture.
Zheng, who developed the concept with a team of researchers at the National University of Singapore including designer Hans Tan, said he drew on the idea of computation interacting with daily life to create pieces that would be helpful in everyday situations.
设计师Clement Zheng设计了一系列导电陶瓷，可以加热食物，作为智能设备的接口，还可以感知湿度。
郑先生与包括设计师Hans Tan在内的Singapore国立大学研究团队共同开发了这一概念。他说，他借鉴了计算与日常生活互动的想法，创造出了在日常生活中有帮助的作品。
"We were inspired by the Internet of Things and wanted to investigate how 'smart' objects can be embedded into everyday life," Zheng told Dezeen.
"In this project, rather than develop a separate range of electronic devices for the home, we imagined how common ceramic ware might be transformed into objects that can be interacted with."
“我们受到物联网的启发，想要研究如何将‘智能’物体嵌入到日常生活中，”郑告诉Dezeen。
“在这个项目中，我们不是为家庭开发一系列单独的电子设备，而是想象如何将普通的陶瓷器皿转变成可以互动的对象。”
The resulting pieces include a salad bowl with a touch slider that means it can be used as an interface for smart home devices such as music systems or lighting.
The team also created a plate with four electrodes that could monitor eating activity and a plate with a heating circuit that could heat the plate up to 100 degrees Celsius and be used to keep food warm during meal service.
Other pieces in the collection include tiles that can sensor heat or temperature changes and could be used to detect a boiling kettle or wet floors, as well as a moisture-sensing plant pot that could help users keep track of plants' moisture levels.
最终的作品包括一个带有触摸滑块的沙拉碗，这意味着它可以用作音乐系统或照明等智能家居设备的接口。
该团队还创造了一个带有四个电极的盘子，可以监测进食活动，还有一个带有加热电路的盘子，可以将盘子加热到100摄氏度，用于在用餐过程中保持食物的温度。
该系列中的其他产品包括可以感应热量或温度变化的瓷砖，可以用来检测沸腾的水壶或潮湿的地板，以及可以帮助用户跟踪植物湿度水平的湿度感应植物花盆。
As a kind of material and implement that can be seen everywhere in life, ceramics has a long history of use and unique artistic value. As researchers in the field of human-computer interaction, we believe that this kind of everyday material can provide more diverse forms and richer expressions for intelligent systems in the digital age in the future. Professor Hans Tan's Spotted Nyonya project caught our attention as we thought about how we could carve circuits into ceramics to give them intelligence. The Spotted Nyonya project removes some of the glazing by sandblasting and combining it with a pattern of protective film covering the surface of the porcelain, thus the original colorful surface into a more modern half-point pattern, and then the traditional Niangya porcelain was re-interpreted.
陶瓷作为一种生活中随处可见的材料与器具，有着悠久的使用历史和独有的艺术价值。作为人机交互领域的研究者，我们相信这种日常材料可以为未来的数字时代的智能系统提供更多元化的形态和更丰富的表达。当我们思考如何能在陶瓷上雕刻电路从而赋予其智能的时候，Hans Tan 教授的Spotted Nyonya项目引起了我们的注意。娘惹瓷器是东南亚华侨的传统家居用品，Spotted Nyonya项目通过喷砂工艺结合在瓷器表面覆盖的保护膜图案，可以将部分釉面去除，从而使原本多彩的表面转变为更现代化的半点图案，进而对传统的娘惹瓷器进行了重新诠释。
Zheng then manually brushed silver conductive ink onto the sandblasted traces, which was finally scraped off to leave inlaid conductive traces on the ceramic vessel.
"The conductive traces on the ceramic serve as functional sensors such as temperature and moisture sensors and transducers such as heating elements," he said.
郑先生用手在喷砂的痕迹上刷银导电墨水，最后刮掉这些痕迹，在陶瓷器皿上留下镶嵌的导电痕迹。
“陶瓷上的导电迹线作为功能传感器，如温度和湿度传感器和传感器，如加热元件，”他说。
"We connect these traces to an external power supply and microcontroller to send and receive electrical signals," he continued.
"To interface the ceramic vessels with these external components, we used a custom placemat with conductive pads."
“我们将这些迹线连接到外部电源和微控制器，以发送和接收电信号，”他继续说。
"为了将陶瓷容器与这些外部组件连接起来，我们使用了带有导电垫的定制餐垫。"
Zheng sourced the ceramics used in the project from both local homeware stores, thrift stores and large retailers such as IKEA, and hopes that it could eventually become a commercial collection.
"Commercialising project outcomes is always on our mind," he said. "Currently, we are focused on researching and developing the approach of incorporating functional circuits onto ceramic objects, as well as testing their durability in terms of everyday use," he added.
郑从当地的家居用品商店、旧货店和大型零售商如宜家采购了用于该项目的陶瓷，并希望它最终能成为一个商业收藏。
“商业化的项目成果一直在我们的脑海里，”他说。“目前，我们专注于研究和开发将功能电路集成到陶瓷物体上的方法，以及测试其在日常使用中的耐用性，”他补充说。
There also needs to be more infrastructure development for conductive ceramics to become a regular part of everyday life.
"We are also developing the computing and electronics infrastructure that these objects need in order to function within a broader connected system," Zheng said.
"These are important aspects that we need to resolve in order to translate this concept from prototypes into real-world products."
还需要更多的基础设施发展，使导电陶瓷成为日常生活的一部分。
“我们也在开发这些物品所需的数据信息，以便在更广泛的连接系统中发挥作用，”郑说。
“这些都是我们需要解决的重要方面，以便将这一概念从原型转化为现实产品。”
The team is currently also exploring the lifetime of the products, which can be washed by hand as the "recessed conductive traces resist abrasion and wear," Zheng explained.
"We are just starting on the next phase of this research," he added. "In this new phase, we plan to study the effective lifespan of the sensors, as well as explore different conductive inks for their durability. Anecdotally, the objects we have produced are all still working after close to six months."
郑解释说，该团队目前还在探索产品的使用寿命，可以用手清洗，因为“凹陷的导电痕迹可以抵抗磨损和磨损”。
“我们刚刚开始这项研究的下一阶段，”他补充说。“在这个新阶段，我们计划研究传感器的有效寿命，以及探索不同的导电油墨的耐久性。有趣的是，我们生产的物体在近六个月后仍在工作。”
Zheng's previous projects include a clock radio that was turned into a storytelling device and shown as part of the R for Repair exhibition in Singapore.
London studio Bare Conductive has also experimented with conductive design, turning a sheet of paper into a functioning light, while Mui Lab created a plank of wood that functions as a smart home control.
The photography is by Clement Zheng and Han Bo.
郑之前的项目包括一台时钟收音机，它变成了一种讲述故事的装置，并作为维修展览的一部分在新加坡展出。
伦敦工作室Bare Conductive也尝试了导电设计，将一张纸变成了一个功能灯，而Mui Lab创造了一块木板，作为智能家居控制器。
本文摘自：Dezeen
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